In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot tells a story of regret, love, and life. J. Alfred Prufrock has a hard time finding true love due to the fact that he has no idea what to do with the short amount of time that he has in life. It isn’t until the end that he realizes he’s getting older and he has wasted his life doing nothing for himself. T.S. Eliot uses Literary Devices in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” to express the meaning of life by using tone and imagery. T.S. Eliot wonders if he should even ask if he has time to do meaningful things in his life considering the fact that he’s wasted his younger years doing nothing when he says, “And indeed there will be time / To wonder, ‘Do I dare?’ and, ‘Do I dare?’” (Line
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In line 87 he’s asking himself if his life has been worth it, if not doing anything was worth it. He’s asking himself that, “After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, / Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,” (Line 88-89), would all of it been worth it? Would drinking tea, from cups, among all the porcelain, talking about you and me, would living like that have been worth while, or did he waste it? If he would have died, right then, just left off on line 87 would he have lived a meaningful life, or would he have thrown everything …show more content…
These three lines are my favorite because I see myself in Prufrock all the time, drowning in the reality of what’s happening in life. Everyone thinks that reality as a teenager is fun, and that they’re supposedly the best years of your life, well obviously these people have never been a teenager in the 20th Century before; Sometimes I think it’d just be easier to linger in the sea, until voices wake me and I drown in actuality. It also reminds me of one of my favorite songs, Drown by Bring Me The Horizon, the lyrics say, “It comes in waves, I close my eyes, hold my breath, and let it bury me.” The very first time I read this poem the end reminded me of this song and I automatically knew it would be in my
In line 87 he’s asking himself if his life has been worth it, if not doing anything was worth it. He’s asking himself that, “After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, / Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,” (Line 88-89), would all of it been worth it? Would drinking tea, from cups, among all the porcelain, talking about you and me, would living like that have been worth while, or did he waste it? If he would have died, right then, just left off on line 87 would he have lived a meaningful life, or would he have thrown everything …show more content…
These three lines are my favorite because I see myself in Prufrock all the time, drowning in the reality of what’s happening in life. Everyone thinks that reality as a teenager is fun, and that they’re supposedly the best years of your life, well obviously these people have never been a teenager in the 20th Century before; Sometimes I think it’d just be easier to linger in the sea, until voices wake me and I drown in actuality. It also reminds me of one of my favorite songs, Drown by Bring Me The Horizon, the lyrics say, “It comes in waves, I close my eyes, hold my breath, and let it bury me.” The very first time I read this poem the end reminded me of this song and I automatically knew it would be in my